National Science Day – Rashtriya Vigyan Diwas on 28 February

Published February 2, 2016

India celebrates National Science Day or Rashtriya Vigyan Diwas (राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान दिवस) ever year on 28th February to commemorate the discovery of Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928.

Sir C.V Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

Born on 7th November 1888, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Rāman was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science in India.

He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the light that is deflected changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman Effect.

National Science Day Theme :

National Science Day brings an opportunity to focus on issues related to science and technology. National Science Day is celebrated all over the country in schools, colleges, universities and other academic, scientific, technical, medical and research institutions.

Every year a different theme is selected and all the forth programmes and activities are based around that theme.

On this day people send National Science Day Awareness SMS & Greetings to all.